In this dissertation, we present the results of the average lifetime measurements in ..., ..., and ... decays, as well as the results of a time-dependent angular analysis of ... and ... decays. The time-dependent angular ...

The neutron magnetic form factor GnM has been measured using the inclusive electro-disintegration 2H(e, e') of the deuteron for the first time. The longitudinally polarized electron beam of the MIT-Bates Linear Accelerator ...

The measurement of B⁰s mixing is one of the flagship analyses for the Run II B physics program. The sensitivity of the measurement to the frequency of B⁰s oscillations strongly depends on the number of reconstructed B⁰ ...

We present the measurement of the ratios of branching fractions B... to B..., and B... to B... We analyze data taken with the CDF II detector that corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 355 pb - 1 in pp collisions at ...

A Lower Hybrid Current Drive (LHCD) system has been implemented on Alcator C-Mod with successful coupling to the plasma of up to 1 MW of power. Nearly fully non-inductive current drive has been achieved for several current ...

(cont.) coefficients, and these were compared to the "effective" coefficients yielded by the former. Because scattering from a nematic domain is limited to a narrow azimuthal range, while an isotropic domain scatters ...

Inflation is a paradigm for the physics of the early universe, and it has received a great deal of experimental support. Essentially all inflationary models lead to a regime called eternal inflation, a situation where ...

Two experiments are presented which measure atomic properties using an atom interferometer. The interferometer splits the sodium de Broglie wave into two paths, one of which travels through an interaction region. The paths ...

This thesis describes experiments performed using the MIT atom interferometer, which has recently been upgraded to provide increased experimental precision and flexibility. The three-gratings comprising our Mach-Zehnder ...

Collagenolysis (collagen degradation) is a physiological process involved in normal tissue maintenance, but excessive collagenolysis has been associated with the progression of cancer metastasis, atherosclerosis, and other ...